美國學生學習成果評估研究評析

Review on the Studies on Student Learning Outcomes Assessment in American Higher Education

1980年代評估運動以來，隨著＂學生學習成果評估＂在美國高等教育領域的開展，學界對這一質量保障方式的理論研究也日益豐富。研究內容主要包括學生學習成果評估相關概念的界定、學生學習成果評估的歷史演進、學生學習成果評估的運行機制、學生學習成果評估的理念之爭等四個方面。美國現有的學生＂學習成果評估研究＂的成果可謂卷帙浩繁，但相關理論探討和實踐摸索依舊＂在路上\＂。這一方面說明學生學習成果評估正走向專業化、科學化，另一方面也說明學生學習成果評估實踐為理論研究提供了豐富的研究資源。

Since 1980s， the assessment movement focusing on student learning outcomes assessment has become more popular in American higher education. The main contents of studies included four aspects : the definition， the history， the operating mechanism， and the notion of the student learning outcomes assessment. The gratifying results were achieved， and this study is still “on the way”. On the one hand， this explains that the student learning outcomes assessment is becoming professional and scientific， on the other hand， this also implies that student learning outcomes assessment， which was performed and improved under the praising， yet challenging circumstances， provides abundant evidence for the assessment theories.